Martin Freeman
Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Freeman's most notable roles are that of Tim Canterbury in the mockumentary series The Office (2001–2003), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama series Sherlock (2010–2017), Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), and Lester Nygaard in the first season of the dark comedy-crime drama series Fargo (2014). He has also appeared in films including the romantic comedy Love Actually (2003), the horror comedy Shaun of the Dead (2004), the sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), the action comedy Hot Fuzz (2007), the semi-improvised comedy Nativity! (2009), the sci-fi comedy The World's End (2013). For the last few years he has been playing Everett K. Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). He will reprise the role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion (2023).
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- Born:
- Sep 8, 1971 In Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 139
- First Appeared:
- In the series Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11
- Latest Project:
- Series Hearfield 2026-06-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Fancy dress | The pirate | 2026 |
| Series | The Seven Dials Mystery | Superintendent Battle | 2026 |
| Movie | Let's Love | Nigel | 2026 |
| Movie | Flavia de Luce | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Clybourne Park | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Midnight of My Life | Steve Marriott | 2026 |
| Series | Hearfield | Martin McFadden | 2026-06-19 |
| Movie | Momo | Unknown | 2025-09-25 |
| Movie | Miller's Girl | Jonathan Miller | 2024-01-18 |
| Movie | Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties | Self | 2024-12-06 |
| Series | Secret Invasion | Everett K. Ross | 2023-06-21 |
| Movie | Queen of Bones | Malcolm | 2023-09-10 |
| Series | The Responder | Chris Carson | 2022-01-24 |
| Series | Angelyne | Harold Wallach | 2022-05-19 |
| Movie | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Everett Ross | 2022-11-09 |
| Series | Marvel Studios Legends | Everett K. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-01-08 |
| Movie | Jack | Jack (voice) | 2021-01-29 |
| Movie | Bridget Riley: Painting the Line | Self | 2021-11-19 |
| Series | Breeders | Paul Worsley | 2020-03-02 |
| Series | Alan Bennett's Talking Heads | Graham | 2020-06-23 |
| Movie | Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council | Self | 2020-10-30 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Bob Cratchit (voice) | 2020-12-04 |
| Movie | Official Secrets | 2019-08-30 | |
| Movie | The Operative | Thomas | 2019-07-24 |
| Series | A Confession | Steve Fulcher | 2019-09-02 |
| Movie | Ode to Joy | Charlie | 2019-09-08 |
| Movie | A Confession As Told By ITV News | Martin Freeman - Self / Steve Fulcher | 2019-10-07 |
| Movie | Black Panther | Everett K. Ross | 2018-02-13 |
| Movie | Ghost Stories | Charles Cameron / Mike Priddle | 2018-01-20 |
| Movie | To Provide All People | Consultant Cardiologist | 2018-06-28 |
| Movie | Stevie Wonder: A Musical History | self | 2018-11-30 |
| Movie | Carnage: Swallowing the Past | Jeff | 2017-03-19 |
| Movie | Sherlock: The Final Problem | John Watson | 2017-01-15 |
| Series | DuckTales | Poe De Spell (voice) | 2017-08-12 |
| Movie | The Dog with the Woman | Charlie | 2017-10-06 |
| Movie | Cargo | Andy | 2017-10-06 |
| Movie | Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge | Himself | 2016-01-12 |
| Movie | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Dr. John Watson | 2016-01-01 |
| Movie | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Iain MacKelpie | 2016-03-04 |
| Movie | Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock | Himself | 2016-01-11 |
| Movie | Captain America: Civil War | Everett K. Ross | 2016-04-27 |
| Series | StartUp | Phil Rask | 2016-09-06 |
| Movie | J.R.R. Tolkien's the Hobbit | Bilbo Baggins | 2016-08-05 |
| Movie | The Eichmann Show | Milton Fruchtman | 2015-01-20 |
| Movie | The Jam: About The Young Idea | Unknown | 2015-08-29 |
| Movie | Stick Man | Stick Man (voice) | 2015-12-07 |
| Movie | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - Voice of The Pirate with a Scarf | 2015-12-26 |
| Movie | Unlocking Sherlock | Himself / Dr. Watson | 2014-01-19 |
| Movie | Sherlock: His Last Vow | Dr. John Watson | 2014-01-12 |
| Series | Brian Pern: A Life in Rock | Young Brian Pern | 2014-02-10 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Bilbo Baggins | 2014-12-10 |
| Series | Fargo | Lester Nygaard | 2014-04-15 |
| Movie | Svengali | Don | 2013-06-19 |
| Series | The Last Leg | Self | 2013-01-25 |
| Series | Toast of London | Martin Freeman | 2013-10-20 |
| Movie | The Voorman Problem | Doctor Williams | 2013-04-25 |
| Movie | The World's End | Oliver Chamberlain | 2013-07-18 |
| Movie | Saving Santa | Bernard D. Elf (voice) | 2013-11-05 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Bilbo Baggins | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | Sherlock: Many Happy Returns | Dr. John Watson | 2013-12-24 |
| Movie | Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End | Self | 2013-11-19 |
| Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Pirate with a Scarf (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
| Series | Honest Trailers | Everett K. Ross (archive footage) | 2012-02-13 |
| Movie | Sherlock: Uncovered | Dr. Watson, Self | 2012-05-22 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Bilbo Baggins | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Animals | Albert | 2012-10-26 |
| Movie | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | The Pirate With A Scarf | 2012-07-09 |
| Movie | Swinging with the Finkels | Alvin Finkel | 2011-06-01 |
| Movie | What's Your Number? | Simon Forester | 2011-09-30 |
| Movie | Unlocking Sherlock | Himself | 2010-08-30 |
| Movie | Wild Target | Dixon | 2010-06-17 |
| Series | Sherlock | Self / Dr. John Watson | 2010-07-25 |
| Series | Boy Meets Girl | Danny Reed | 2009-05-01 |
| Series | The Justin Lee Collins Show | Self | 2009-03-19 |
| Series | I'm Running Sainsbury's | Unknown | 2009-06-02 |
| Movie | Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-02 |
| Movie | Svengali | Boss | 2009-02-01 |
| Movie | Micro Men | Chris Curry | 2009-10-08 |
| Movie | Nativity! | Paul Maddens | 2009-11-27 |
| Movie | HIV - The Musical | James McKenzie | 2009-10-22 |
| Series | You Have Been Watching | Self | 2009-07-07 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | The Girl Is Mime | Clive Buckle | 2009-12-31 |
| Series | When Were We Funniest? | Unknown | 2008-02-28 |
| Series | Lily Allen and Friends | Self - Guest | 2008-02-12 |
| Movie | Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! | Rembrandt | 2008-10-04 |
| Movie | The All Together | Chris Ashworth | 2007-05-11 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | The Good Night | Gary Shaller | 2007-01-25 |
| Movie | Rubbish | Kevin | 2007-06-24 |
| Movie | Hot Fuzz | Met Sergeant | 2007-02-14 |
| Series | Derren Brown: Trick or Treat | Himself | 2007-04-13 |
| Movie | The Old Curiosity Shop | Mr. Codlin | 2007-12-26 |
| Movie | Dedication | Jeremy | 2007-08-24 |
| Series | Comedy Showcase | Greg Wilson | 2007-10-05 |
| Movie | Nightwatching | Rembrandt van Rijn | 2007-09-06 |
| Movie | Lonely hearts | The pig (voice) | 2007-12-29 |
| Movie | Confetti | Matt | 2006-05-05 |
| Movie | Breaking and Entering | Sandy | 2006-12-15 |
| Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | 2005-07-05 |
| Movie | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Arthur Dent | 2005-04-28 |
| Series | The Robinsons | Ed Robinson | 2005-05-05 |
| Movie | Round About Five | The Man | 2005-08-28 |
| Movie | Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | 2005-09-05 |
| Movie | Return of the Goodies | Himself | 2005-12-30 |
| Movie | Shaun of the Dead | Declan | 2004-04-09 |
| Movie | Pride | Fleck (voice) | 2004-06-21 |
| Movie | Call Register | Kevin | 2004-07-13 |
| Movie | Blake's Junction 7 | Vila | 2004-08-24 |
| Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004-10-12 |
| Series | The Debt | Terry Ross | 2003-08-31 |
| Series | Hardware | Mike | 2003-03-23 |
| Movie | The Debt | Terry Ross | 2003-08-31 |
| Movie | The Office: The Christmas Special | Tim Canterbury | 2003-12-26 |
| Series | Charles II: The Power and The Passion | Lord Shaftesbury | 2003-11-16 |
| Movie | Margery and Gladys | D.S. Stringer | 2003-09-21 |
| Movie | Love Actually | John | 2003-09-07 |
| Series | Helen West | DC Stone | 2002-05-06 |
| Movie | Ali G Indahouse | Richard "Ricky C" Cunningham | 2002-03-21 |
| Movie | How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais | Himself | 2002-10-14 |
| Movie | The Low Down | Solomon | 2001-01-26 |
| Movie | Men Only | Dwight | 2001-06-03 |
| Series | The Office | Tim Canterbury | 2001-07-09 |
| Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 2001-11-02 |
| Series | Bruiser | Unknown | 2000-02-28 |
| Series | Black Books | Doctor | 2000-09-29 |
| Series | Lock, Stock... | Jaap | 2000-05-29 |
| Movie | I Just Want to Kiss You | Frank | 1998-01-01 |
| Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self - Host | 1996-11-12 |
| Series | This Life | Stuart | 1996-03-18 |
| Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | Shooting Stars | Self | 1993-12-27 |
| Series | Have I Got News for You | Self | 1990-09-28 |
| Series | This Morning | Self | 1988-10-03 |
| Series | Casualty | Ricky Beck | 1986-09-06 |
| Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |